There are 3 ways to get from Basel to Porto Santo by train, plane, or car ferry
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Porto Santo Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Porto Santo Airport (PXO)plane ZRH - PXO
9h 25m€105–258Fly Basel to Porto Santo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Porto Santo Airport (PXO)plane BSL - PXO
8h€83–264Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Madeira Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Madeira Airport (FNC)plane ZRH - FNC
- Take the car ferry from Funchal to Porto Santocarferry
12h 40m€169–686
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Porto Santo Airport (PXO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Porto Santo is to train and fly which costs €100 - €260 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Porto Santo is to fly which takes 8h and costs €80 - €270.
The distance between Basel and Porto Santo is 2729 km.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Basel to Porto Santo, including transfers.
Porto Santo is 1h behind Basel. It is currently 5:03 PM in Basel and 4:03 PM in Porto Santo.
There are 175+ hotels available in Porto Santo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Porto Santo, Portugal?
easyJet and Binter Canarias fly from Basel (BSL) to Porto Santo Airport (PXO) twice a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Porto Santo Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Porto Santo Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- bintercanarias.com
Flights from Basel to Porto Santo Airport via Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Madeira Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–400
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +351 291 210 300
- info@portosantoline.pt
- Website
- portosantoline.pt
Car ferry from Funchal to Porto Santo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–280
- Website
- https://www.portosantoline.pt/en/
- Schedules at
- https://reservasc.portosantoline.pt/en/timetable/
- Economy one way
- €35–45
- 1st Class one way
- €46–50
- 1 Passenger + Car (A class) one way
- €140–280
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